Vol 4, No 2 (2001)
Brief communication
Submitted: 2012-01-23
Published online: 2001-07-23
Personal dosimetry in the PET Centre Prague
Daniel Janeba, Jindriśka Hermanska, Otakar Belohlavek
Nucl. Med. Rev 2001;4(2):105-108.
Vol 4, No 2 (2001)
Short communications
Submitted: 2012-01-23
Published online: 2001-07-23
Abstract
This work is focused on radiation protection in the PET Centre Prague. The personal year dose equivalents of physicians, technologists and labtechnologists in the period 1997-2000 are presented.
Dose equivalents are listed for each group as collective, mean and
maximum dose equivalents and number of people in the evaluated
group. There is an increase in the dose equivalents in 1999 when
the PET scanner was installed. Later on, when personnel was trained
and better local shielding was used, the increase is not much higher even though the number of patients investigated per day doubled. The radiation field measurements showed that the radiation
dose equivalent rate outside the controlled area is on the background level of about 0.17-0.18 mSv/hour.
Abstract
This work is focused on radiation protection in the PET Centre Prague. The personal year dose equivalents of physicians, technologists and labtechnologists in the period 1997-2000 are presented.
Dose equivalents are listed for each group as collective, mean and
maximum dose equivalents and number of people in the evaluated
group. There is an increase in the dose equivalents in 1999 when
the PET scanner was installed. Later on, when personnel was trained
and better local shielding was used, the increase is not much higher even though the number of patients investigated per day doubled. The radiation field measurements showed that the radiation
dose equivalent rate outside the controlled area is on the background level of about 0.17-0.18 mSv/hour.
Title
Personal dosimetry in the PET Centre Prague
Journal
Nuclear Medicine Review
Issue
Vol 4, No 2 (2001)
Article type
Brief communication
Pages
105-108
Published online
2001-07-23
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Nucl. Med. Rev 2001;4(2):105-108.
Authors
Daniel Janeba
Jindriśka Hermanska
Otakar Belohlavek